Visual Impairments

A team of researchers led by St. Louis University professor Jenna Gorlewicz will put a $5 million grant from the National Science Foundation to work building software that will make visual materials more legible for people with visual impairments.

Blind hockey players use a metal puck filled with ball bearings that rattles when it moves. The noisy puck — used for decades — is one of the few modifications used in the sport. But some players say the decades-old equipment is long overdue for an update.

Nick Silver started losing his eyesight when he was 4 years old.He’s now almost completely blind, but the 33-year-old refuses to let his disability slow…